Beto O'Rourke

When we win we are going to prioritize the lives of those kids in the classrooms that the people of Uvalde -- we`re going to get justice and we`re going to get change to prevent massacres like this from happening going forward.

It is going to continue to happen unless we have change. And those families, those parents, are leading the fight to change. And when we win it`s going to be because of them.

I asked some of these parents whether their kids were starting the first day of school (INAUDIBLE) children of Uvalde. Some told me that they were home schooling their kids, that they could not go back into the public schools given the…

Lawrence, my three kids who are sophomore, freshman, sixth grade in El Paso, they know that nothing has been done in the 15 weeks and one day since that massacre happened in Uvalde.

We have got to win. We are going to win. We are going to come through for them.

We must act. We will act. We`re going to keep our children safe.

This state, under Greg Abbott, has moved so far away from everything that matters to all of us that there is going to be a price to pay. And we`re going to see that in him being defeated in this election in November.

We need to understand how five of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history in just the last five years on Greg Abbott’s watch.

This total abortion ban, without exception for rape or incest -- one of the most extreme laws in this country, is not a reflection of who we are in the state of Texas.

Texans across the political spectrum support these three ideas.

When we beat him on the night of November 8th, we set a far different, better, brighter course not just for Texas, but given this state’s outsized influence on American politics, we’ll do it for the United States of America, as well.

This is a life or death issue for the women of Texas.

As you know, Anderson, we have a total ban on abortion beginning at conception, with no exception for rape or incest, that goes into effect this week in a state that has the highest level of maternal mortality in the country three times as…

I'd love for the Department of Justice to come in ride to the rescue, or for the House and the Senate to pass Federal Voting rights protections to shore up the Voting Rights Act.

It`s because of Greg Abbott, our current governor, who is more beholden to the NRA, the special interests, the gun manufacturers than he is to the very people he`s supposed to serve, especially our kids.

I don`t think we get these results, like a total ban on abortion, with no exception for rape or incest, that Greg Abbott signed into law, I don`t think you get the attacks on public school educators, who are so grossly underpaid and under…

It sure looks like a cover up from the governor who has you know, Greg Abbott, the day after that shooting, said to the families it could have been worse, right.

Thirteen weeks and counting, we've seen nothing from Greg Abbott. This is clear to all of us in Texas. We need change.

I know it is and it probably wasn't on anyone's list going into Kansas right, where you saw near presidential election turnout levels for a referendum in the middle of the summer, a 60-40 victory for reproductive freedom in that state.

In March of this year, 13% of the mail-in ballots cast in Texas, were rejected.

Those families who I'm in constant contact with want answers. They want justice and they also want action so that no other family has to experience the grief and the loss that they're living through right now.

This is our moment of truth, you know, 246 years into this experiment that defies the rule of human history is totally exceptional might as Lincoln warned us perish from this earth the last great hope, unless we fight to get it back.

I believe this one to the people of Florida. I knew Governor DeSantis really at a distance we were both elected to Congress in the same year 2012 didn't really see much of each other on the floor of the House and just been watching him now…

At a minimum, raise the age of purchase for an AR-15, AK-47, weapons originally designed for use in combat, designed to kill an enemy soldier at 500 feet.

The time to stop the next shooting is right now, and you’re doing nothing. You’re all bringing up nothing.